The bugs in my garden

It's not that I'm a bug lover, but I will say that I have a lush garden in my garage. Insects, butterflies, dragonflies, and spiders often appear there. That's when I take out my phone to capture their images, as long as they let me.

I don't know their names or species, so I usually look them up online to find out more about some insects.

This week, at the entrance to my porch, I found this caterpillar on the floor. From the time I've been seeing their cocoons, I already knew it was a caterpillar. I picked it up with my fingers and placed it on a wall to take pictures.

The caterpillar began to stick its head out, and little by little, it pulled its body out. It tried to climb up the wall. I think it was looking for a place to undergo its new transformation.

I took several photos and then placed them back where I found them. I didn't hear from it again. When I returned to the same place, it had disappeared.

This is a spider that has been living among my plants for a long time. I just go over to take pictures and leave them there. Perhaps when I water my plants or when the birds come to eat the figs from my fig tree, you can see that there are some insects on the plants.

I am struck by the colors of this spider. They have never scared me. It stays very still while I take the photos. Sometimes my phone's camera helps me take excellent photos, but other times, it doesn't help me; it slows down a lot, I have to wait to take another photo, and things like that.

Before, I could take up to 20 photos and then choose. Now I take fewer, because the position I have to adopt to take the photos is usually very awkward to maintain for long periods of time.

This caterpillar appeared on a dry log, and I took the photos from there. Due to its predominantly brown color, I think it is a moth caterpillar. Regardless of what kind of butterfly it is, I leave it there. Let it do its thing and complete its transformation.

I never follow them, so I don't know where these caterpillars end up. Whether they turn into butterflies or moths or, on the contrary, fail to develop.

I also find lizards in my garden, and I think they eat a lot of insects. There are also many birds that come to my garden, attracted by the sweet smell of my fig tree.

This insect was resting on one of my cacti. I was trying to repot my cactus. It was obvious that the pot was too small for it, and at one point, I saw this insect arrive and rest on the tip of the cactus. I took the opportunity to take some photos. This was one of those occasions when my camera refused to increase its resolution, so I could take better photos.